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CD Review: Sue Anne Gershenzon’s “You Must Believe in Spring”
Rosemary Clooney famously said, “I am not a jazz singer. I am a singer who sings jazz songs.” On her new album, You Must Believe In Spring, Sue Anne Gershenzon...
CD Review “Robbie Rozelle’s “Songs From Inside My Locker”
Robbie Rozelle’s new album, Songs From Inside My Locker, captures his more recent show at Feinstein’s/54 Below. While there are some good ideas and a few good numbers to be...
CD Review: Tim Di Pasqua’s “Place in This World”
Tim Di Pasqua’s new CD, Place In This World, is a collection of 12 originals that show off his way with word and melody. Filled with a veritable bouquet...
CD Review: Kirsten Gustafson’s “Wait Until Dark”
Singer Kirsten Gustafson’s bluesy, dark, pop stylings are on attractive display on her new CD, Wait Until Dark. It seems that in an effort to feature the widest variety of...
CD Review: “Kim David Smith — Live at Joe’s Pub”
Kim David Smith at the 2019 Sydney Cabaret Festival. (Photo: John McRae) Kim David Smith’s first live CD, Live At Joe’s Pub, contains a memorably entertaining...
CD Review: Lisa Viggiano’s “Invited to Stay”
The wonderfully warm, wise, and appealing vocalist Lisa Viggiano intends her newest CD, Invited to Stay, to give us all a break from quarantines, CoVid-19, face masks, presidents, and, for the most...
Susan Werner
For the last few decades, Susan Werner has been delighting audiences as a singer, a songwriter, and an instrumentalist. She's continued her string of delightful, witty, warm, and wise songs...
Wendy Scherl
Wendy Scherl is such an immediately inviting and obviously talented singer, that one wanted to surrender completely to the charms of her new show, Town and Country, which recently had...
Amy Jo Jackson
Amy Jo Jackson's show The Brass Menagerie brings Tennessee Williams to the cabaret stage at the Duplex with astonishing results. While the playwright may not at first glance seem ideal...
The Randy Andys
Imagine for a moment that the Andrews Sisters had been cryogenically frozen in a tube right next to Walt Disney and then thawed out in 2019 and handed sheet music...